Jilted by Day, Cuddled At Night-Chapter 584: Did I Pass?

Luo Xixi watched Gu Yan with great resentment, but she didn’t dare to speak ill of the Emperor, Gu Chen.

Seeing her unpleasant expression, Gu Yan continued, "As for you saying I’m stealing your fiancé, that’s even more preposterous. If I wanted him, I wouldn’t need to steal him. The only reason is that I’m simply not interested."

These words were bold.

But, Gu Yan had the capital to say them.

Luo Xixi stumbled, and it was no longer a matter of whether she was in a good mood. Mainly, it was a slap in the face.

The man you treasure so much—he, in fact, doesn’t even fancy you!

Over there, Luo Xixi was emotionally complex, her mood had plummeted to its lowest, and she was already feeling a bit powerless. Now, her speed gradually decreased.

Gu Yan didn’t have much energy left either, but seeing Luo Xixi slowing down, she thought that she couldn’t always rely on others.

Moreover, if she failed the running test during these few days, it would mean losing face not just for herself but also for her parents and brothers!

Gu Yan gritted her teeth, clenched the Little Mushroom in her hand, and slightly increased her speed, but she didn’t sprint because going all out might mean she’d be completely exhausted after a few minutes.

Bai Li realized that Gu Yan was picking up the pace. He didn’t deny it but said softly, "Focus on your breathing. There might not be much strength left in you now, but if you keep a good rhythm, you can reach the finish line within the allotted time. However..."

"However what?"

"You might be exhausted and need at least an hour to recover."

Gu Yan thought for a moment, one hour wasn’t too bad, and it wasn’t too pitiful as long as she didn’t have to be taken to the infirmary.

If she were so exhausted from running on the first day that she had to lie in a recuperation pod, it would be too embarrassing and worrisome for her parents.

On the other side, after stewing in her unhappiness for a while, Luo Xixi felt something was amiss. She looked up only to find that Gu Yan, who had been behind her before, had run ahead of her?

And they were more than twenty meters apart!

How could this be possible!

Luo Xixi immediately put all her effort into catching up!

She already couldn’t match Gu Yan in family background or looks; if she couldn’t even outrun her, she’d have no face left to compete with Gu Yan for anything!

**

Meanwhile, Su Wan was in the military office, having finished all the necessary work for the day.

But she was somewhat distracted, her mind not fully on her tasks.

After several changes, the only person from Su Wan’s original fleet was Luo Jina. Although Luo Jina’s husband, Alex, had also become a Commander, Luo Jina did not want to join her husband’s fleet.

She stayed on with Su Wan’s fleet instead.

Luo Jina brought Su Wan a milk tea, "Xiaowan, you seem a little distracted. What’s on your mind?"

Su Wan sighed, "Isn’t today the day Xiaoyan and Xiaoyu are starting their military training? I’m not worried about Xiaoyu; he’s very athletic. It’s Xiaoyan that concerns me..."

Ever since her birth, it was unclear whether it was the influence of the Little Mushroom, the impact of Su Wan traveling through space and time, or perhaps a genetic influence during the evolution of Plantman, but Xiaoyan’s health was very frail.

This frailty was innate, unlike Su Wan’s own past physical weakness, which was due to injuries sustained in childhood.

Su Wan later evolved into a Mermaid Beastman, and her physical frailty was instantly compensated for by the robust physicality of Beastmen.

But Xiaoyan was different.

The child’s physical condition was even worse than that of a pure human of the same age.

Although daily life wasn’t affected, military training definitely involved a lot of physical activity, and Su Wan worried that her daughter wouldn’t be able to handle it.

Luo Jina’s son, half a year younger than Gu Yan and Gu Yu, was set to take the Empire University entrance exam next year, and moreover, the child was in excellent physical shape, not to mention boys—they just grow up with little fuss.

Luo Jina was also fond of Xiaoyan, "Have you talked to the officers over there, asking them to take care of Xiaoyan a bit? If she can’t handle it physically, then she might as well give up. She should just do her best. After all, you and your spouse probably don’t plan on sending Xiaoyan to a military academy or anything like that, right?"

"As long as she’s healthy and happy every day, that’s all we want for her. I did get in touch with Adolf already, but still, I can’t help but worry."

Luo Jina nodded, "Indeed, even though their military training might not be as strict as at a military academy, hearing you say that has me worried too. Maybe you should get in touch later and ask how things are going."

"They should be in the middle of training now; I’ll contact them this evening."

"Yeah, that way you’ll be more at ease."

Meanwhile, Gu Yan, the object of her mother’s concern, had finally reached the finish line just ten seconds before the Plantman’s qualifying requirement time had elapsed.

But when she arrived at the finish line, she suddenly felt the world go dark. Fortunately, Gu Yu, who had been waiting there, quickly caught her.

And Bai Li, standing not far behind Gu Yu, slowly retracted the hand he had extended.

Gu Yu had already picked up his sister and was quickly running toward the infirmary, with Vivian hurrying behind them.

Gu Yan, almost too tired to keep her eyes open, tugged at her brother’s shirt and asked, "Brother, did I pass?"

Gu Yu replied, "You passed, you passed! Xiaoyan, what’s wrong with you? Hey, stop talking, I’m taking you to the medical room!"

"I’m... I’m okay, just... really tired..."

By the time Gu Yu had brought Gu Yan to the medical room, the doctors there had quite a scare upon seeing her.

Oh my, what happened to this little princess!

Everyone hurried to perform various checks on Gu Yan, and the conclusion they reached was that the little princess had fainted from exhaustion.

They all breathed a sigh of relief.

It’s a good thing there were no other issues.

After they administered a medicine to replenish her strength, the next step was to get some good rest. Then Gu Yu took his sister back to the dormitory.

Each academy had different training content. Like the history department, theirs was actually the most relaxed, unlike Gu Yu, who had other training sessions scheduled for the afternoon.

Therefore, Vivian said, "I’ll stay here and take care of Xiaoyan. You go attend your academy’s training."

After confirming again that his sister was truly just exhausted and nothing else was amiss, Gu Yu finally felt relieved.

He nodded and said, "Alright, I’ll finish the afternoon training quickly and then come back."

"Okay."

Meanwhile, as the morning’s weighted run drew to a close, seven percent of the students failed to qualify.

Luo Xixi was among them.

She could have qualified if she had kept her own pace, but toward the end, she got distracted and fell a good distance behind, then tried to sprint after Gu Yan, losing her rhythm.

When Luo Xixi reached the finish line, she was exactly three minutes late.

When she heard that Gu Yan had passed while she hadn’t, Luo Xixi became agitated.

"Impossible! Gu Yan must have used her Spatial Superpower! Otherwise, there’s no way she would have passed!"